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Lettere Parent No. 76,539, ma Apr-fz 7, 186s.

IMPncvBn LEMON-'scultura TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. SMITH, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented vanew and improvedl Lemon-Squeczer; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full7 clear, and exact descrip-y tion thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to anew and improved lemon-squeezer, and is an improvement upon and designed to supersede the ordinary wooden squeezer provided with a porcelain cup or concave and a. convex compress.

My invention consists in having the body ofthe device of east iron or other lcastrnetalfand in the manner of applying the porcelain parts to the same, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby a very desirable.

implement of the kind specified is obtained. In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a View of my invention in a fully-open state.

Figure 2, a longitudinal section of the same' in a closed state, taken in the line a; m, tig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. l

A A represent the handles of the device, the lower one, A, being cast with a cup or hollow semisphere, B, at one end. This cup, B, has an opening at its bottom ,of considerable capacity, and it is cast with a. shoulder,

a, (see g. 2,) at its inner. side, said shoulder extending all around the cup. The cup is cast with a lug or projection, C, extending upward and outward from it, in line with the handle A, said lug having alhole made transversely through it, for the insertion of a pin, b, which also passes through a lug, D, cast with a circular plate, E, of the other handle A.. These lugs and pin form a joint, which connects the two parts of the device together.

l The lug D is cast with a longitudinal slot, to receive the lug G, as shown clearly in tig. 1.

The plate E which is cast with the handle A,Ahas a circular recess in its underside, to receive the upper plane surface of a porcelain semisphere, F, which is secured to the plate by a screw, c, passing centrally through the plate and into a metalnut, d, in F, (see iig. 2.)

G is a concave, which is the halt` of ahollow sphere, made also of porcelain, with a series of holes, d', in its bottom or lower part, and having a flange, e, projecting horizontally from it all around its vupper edge. ThisA Bange, e, rests or bears upon an annular piece of India rubber,f, which is placed on Athe Ishoulder a, in the interior of the cup B. i

The concave, Gr,I is retained in the cup B by means oi` two lips g g, castl with the cup, and projecting over the flange e of the porcelain concave, said flange being formed with a notch, lr, to admit of it being passedclown underneath the other one, the concave, after this adjustment, being turned tobring the notch out of line with either lip. The India-rubber ring f serves as a packing for the concave., holding it firmly in position without danger of breakage, and eiectually prevents the acid juice of the lemons .finding its-way down between the con,

cave and cup, as will be understood by referring to iig. 2.

The concave, it will be seen by referring to iig. 2, projects down through the opening at the bottom of cup B, so that the latter cannot interfere at all-with the free/escape ofthe lemonjuicc,whcn the lemon is squeezed in G, by pressing down F on the piece of lemon in G. i i I The concave, G, and the compress, F, may be of porcelain, glazed earthcnwarc, or other material having a glazed or vitreous exterior surface. i

These lemon-squeezers may be constructed at a moderate cost, not much exceeding, ifany, the cost ofthe ordinary woodelrones. They may be made in the cheapest way, of cast iron, japanned, and, more expensively, of white m'etal, silver-plated. They are more desirable in every respect than the ordinary wooden ones, being more cleanly, less cumbersome, and far neatcr in appearance. A

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire'to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Providing the interior of the cup'B with a.- shoulder, a, to receive a ring,f, of India rubber, orother suitable elastic material, on which the ilange c ofV the concave, Gr, rests yor bears, inconnection with the lips g g,

ab the upper part of the cup B, and the notch h, in the ange c of the concave, all arranged substantially as shown and described, forrthe purpose of securing and packing the concave in the cup.

2. The combination of the cast-metal handles A A', plate E, :und cup B with the porcelain compi-ess F and l concave G, the two cast-metal parts being connected by a. hinge or joint7 and the porcelain parts attached to the cast-metal part's, substa.ntia.lly as shown, for the purpose-set forth.

THOS. C. SMITH.-

Witnesses:

A. R. HAIGHT, T. B. Mosman. 

